The Girl with No Name

Detective Josie Quinn, Book 2

By: Lisa Regan

Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton

"Absolutely gripping… blew me away… Words can’t describe how good this book is." (Heidi Lynn's Book Reviews)

The USA TODAY top 100 best-seller you won’t want to miss!

The high chair lay on its side, a toy elephant and a crumpled green blanket scattered across the floor beside it.

“She had a baby? Is it-?”

“The baby’s gone.”

When Detective Josie Quinn is called to a large house on the outskirts of the small town of Denton, she’s horrified by the viciousness of the attack - smashed glass, splintered furniture, and blood spattered across the floor. The owner, a single mother, is fighting for her life, and her newborn baby is missing.

A beautiful young woman caught fleeing the scene is Josie’s only lead, but when questioned it seems this mysterious girl doesn’t know who she is, where she’s from or why she’s so terrified....

Is she a witness, a suspect, or the next victim?

As Josie digs deeper, a letter found hidden in the house convinces her the attack, the missing child, and the nameless woman are linked to a spate of killings across the county, and Josie is faced with a heart-breaking decision....

Should she risk the life of one child to save many others? Or can she find another way to stop this killer before any more innocent lives are taken?

Nail-biting, twisty, and impossible to put down. If you love gripping thrillers from Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni, and Rachel Caine, you’ll be absolutely hooked!

©2018 Lisa Regan (P)2018 Bookouture

Critic reviews

"Anyone who knows me gets that I really like a strong, female, kickass main character and that’s exactly what I got in Josie Quinn.... The plot motors along at breakneck speed often leaving me holding my breath. I’ll be waiting impatiently for the next instalment." (Angela Marsons, best-selling author of Silent Scream)

This one is OK for me.

Let me start by complimenting Eilidh Beaton on her narration of the story. She takes the reader on an exciting ride. Her voice works for the characters. I enjoyed her performance.

The story

Like the first book in this series, there are aspects of this story that I love. Lisa Regan is an excellent writer who builds tension and suspense. For that reason, I expected to like the story more than I did. I love a good dark character and Josie Quinn fits that bill. She is flawed and trying to figure things out.

I'm crazy about good support characters with many layers. Ms. Regan delivers there. Josie Quinn is continuing as chief. ( I wonder why the series is Detective Josie Quinn.) She is building an interesting new police force. Gretchen Palmer, a new detective has a lot of promise. I love Noah. He is developing into a great partner and friend to Josie.

What turns me off is the direction that the author is taking Luke. This decision isn't what I expected and I can't wrap my head around the author's decision here. I get that Josie isn't in the relationship 100% but this isn't the Luke we met in book1. It is the reason my rating is 3 stars instead of 4 or higher.

There are returning characters that I didn't expect, Misty for one. I didn't like her in book one and I like her less in this story. That isn't a negative for me because I enjoy a story that has characters that I love to hate.

In summary, Lisa Regan does an excellent job pulling me into the story. Ms. Beaton does an excellent job making the story and characters come to life. I'm not sure where Ms. Regan is going to take the series in general, and Josie in particular so I am going to stick with the series, at least for the next book to see if we see character growth.

Very poor performance

This performer was really awful. Mispronunciations all through, that made it annoying to listen to. Was glad the ending came so I knew what happened & could stop hearing her.

narrator needs pronunciation lessons

Too many words were mispronounced! Yes the book was written in the UK. But that doesn't mean the word "been" is pronounced "bean" or "anything" is pronounced "ehnethin".
Storyline kept my attention.

Fire the Narrator

Love the story but can’t take another book narrated by this woman!! For the love of God get rid of her!

Narrator should be fired!!

I think the story is great, I even loved the first one. but that narrator needs to learn how to pronounce words correctly!!

Review of the Girl with No Name

The storyline was entertaining. I couldn’t figure out “who done it” until it was revealed in the book. The narrator has a pleasant voice but her mispronunciation of words was distracting. The worst was OB/Gyn. It may be how it is pronounced in her country but not here. Other than that the book was an easy listen.

loved it

everyone complains about the narrator, sadly I've gotten use to her and wasnt gonna let that hinder me from continuing the series. Thankful the narrator is only doing 1 more book. but overall.. great books, great author and great storylines! I literally can't stop listening!!
however... I wish I could get them on my LIBBY app I use through the library!!

Pronunciation

My only one issue with this book is the narrator. She does all the voices very well but her pronunciation of certain words is horribly distracting. I found myself exclaiming out loud “what”! It was frustrating. I enjoyed the story, the characters and the plot but I was constantly annoyed by the narrative.

Horrible narration!

I love the series
PLEASE get a narrator who can pronounce the words properly!
I want to enjoy listening

Pronunciation matters....

This narrator needed a bit more work on & review of correct pronunciation of multiple words throughout the story.
It was the one distraction that could keep me from listening to other books read by her.
Otherwise it was a good read.